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PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Department of Agricultural Extension
G. I. CHRISTIE. Superintendent
Extension Bulletin No. 39
LaFayette, Indiana, June, 1915
GROWING AND FATTENING HOGS
By F. G. King, Department of Animal Husbandry
Purdue University Experiment Station
"Well begun is half done," as runs the old adage, is nowhere
truer than in the growing of hogs. After the pig has reached the
age of three or four months and is thriving well after weaning, the
greatest difficulties of the breeder are passed. While the pig is
young, attention to the innumerable details of care and management
is the factor contributing most largely to success. With older animals, care and management do not occupy relatively as important
a part in successful hog raising as with young pigs. From the time
the pig is weaned until he is ready for market he requires three
essentials for proper development: First, proper feed; second,
exercise; third, sanitary surroundings.
Principles of Feeding
The factors that determine the value of a ration are: First,
those that aid in increasing the amount of feed consumed; and,
second, those that assist in furnishing the nutrients in the proper

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Department of Agricultural Extension
G. I. CHRISTIE. Superintendent
Extension Bulletin No. 39
LaFayette, Indiana, June, 1915
GROWING AND FATTENING HOGS
By F. G. King, Department of Animal Husbandry
Purdue University Experiment Station
"Well begun is half done," as runs the old adage, is nowhere
truer than in the growing of hogs. After the pig has reached the
age of three or four months and is thriving well after weaning, the
greatest difficulties of the breeder are passed. While the pig is
young, attention to the innumerable details of care and management
is the factor contributing most largely to success. With older animals, care and management do not occupy relatively as important
a part in successful hog raising as with young pigs. From the time
the pig is weaned until he is ready for market he requires three
essentials for proper development: First, proper feed; second,
exercise; third, sanitary surroundings.
Principles of Feeding
The factors that determine the value of a ration are: First,
those that aid in increasing the amount of feed consumed; and,
second, those that assist in furnishing the nutrients in the proper